Posts Tagged ‘Louisiana’
Louisiana Passes Anti-Abortion Amendment
For Immediate Release: November 3, 2020Media Contacts: press@prochoice.org; 202-918-7768 Statement of The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), on the passage of Amendment 1 in Louisiana: Tonight, Louisiana set up one part of a chain reaction designed by anti-abortion politicians who want to ban abortion in Louisiana if federal…
Read MoreU.S. Supreme Court blocks Louisiana’s anti-abortion law
The Very Reverend Katherine Ragsdale, Interim President and CEO of the National Abortion Federation (NAF), on the U.S. Supreme Court blocking Louisiana’s anti-abortion law, challenged in June Medical Services v. Gee: We are relieved this unconstitutional law will not go into effect tomorrow. This will allow those who had their state-mandated, medically-unnecessary ultrasound today and…
Read MoreWhat’s happened since the Supreme Court’s Whole Woman’s Health decision?
We have received a number of requests to have our “The Burden is Undue” rally signs you’ve seen everywhere available as a t-shirt. So, we had to make it happen! You can purchase one of these shirts here. Make sure you order your shirt before July 20th to get it in the first batch to…
Read MoreLetter: Further regulations not based in evidence
This weekend, The Advocate posted my letter to the editor on Louisiana’s state health department’s issuing of “emergency” abortion regulations: RH Reality Check posted my op-ed today on the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in McCullen v. Coakley, a challenge to a Massachusetts buffer zone law: – See more at: http://blog.prochoice.org/#sthash.PLSOfYGo.dpuf Regarding your recent article, New abortion…
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